“Clear wine without dregs” is a variation on the classic image of the awareness being like silted streamwater: When the flow is natural and untroubled, the silt settles to the bottom and the water is clear, allowing the light to pass through unhindered. But when the water is turbulent, silt rises and clarity is lost.

What we commonly think of as the self or the ego is really nothing more than that silt, the murky dregs. The ego doesn’t really have any tangibility in itself; it is simply a clouding of the awareness that we have grown used to. A mystic is one who has learned to let the flow of heart and mind grow smooth, natural, still. As the dregs settle, the mystic’s ego-self “passes away,” and the wine grows clear.

The “Most Beautiful Names” are the many names and attributes of God. In other words, such a one, one who is “now whole,” “displays” or embodies the qualities of the Divine.

Little is known of Binavi Badakshani, including when he lived (the dates used here are a guess). An early account states that he was a Sufi, initiated by his own father. From his name, it is assumed that he was from Badakhshan in Afghanistan.

it is the dregs that are so difficult to clear.to me they are my life.if i let go of them then what is my life worth.a thousand yearnings of the heart in the face of awareness of my transient & puny existence

Thankyou so much for this preciousness embelished with your touch of clarity.Whether one becomes clear wine without dregs or not but being in this innerscape is quite an adventure.Much gratitude to you Ivan for bringing us these gems.